2 Hour Turkey

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 (12 lb) turkey
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/4-3/4 cup vegetable oil, to coat
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 cut off skin at the neck.
• 2 cut off wing and second joint.
• 3 remove giblets.
• 4 (it's probably a good idea to cook the wings and giblets to make stock since most of the juice will stay in your turkey rather than making a lot of pan drippings).
• 5 clean turkey and pat dry.
• 6 salt and pepper inside and out.
• 7 coat all over with oil, rubbing in a little to make sure you have a good coating.
• 8 sprinkle generously with paprika.
• 9 place turkey on its side in a large roaster.
• 10 roast in a 400 degree oven for 2-3 hours.
• 11 3/4 of the way through the cooking time, turn turkey to the other side.
• 12 it is very important that you do not pierce the skin.
• 13 just a hint: to ensure you don't pierce the skin and let out all the juice you might want to use a couple old (clean) oven mitts and just pick up the bird to flip it.